A newlywed couple is visited by a strange old woman who harbors a secret about the young girl's father.A newlywed couple is visited by a strange old woman who harbors a secret about the young girl's father.A newlywed couple is visited by a strange old woman who harbors a secret about the young girl's father.
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Spencer Williams
- Detective Nelson
- (as Spencer Williams Jr.)
Earle Morris
- Bradshaw
- (as Earl J. Morris)
The Four Toppers
- Singing Quartet
- (as The Toppers)
Maggie Hathaway
- Party Guest
- (uncredited)
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- Writer
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Did you know
- TriviaThe character of the rich Dr. Helen Jackson (played by Laura Bowman) is inspired by real-life millionaire miser Hettie Green(1834-1916)
- ConnectionsEdited into SanKofa Theater: Son of Ingagi (2023)
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Wow! When they set out to make a bad movie in the golden days, they sure knew how to do it! This film is bad, no qualms, questions about it. The story essentially tells a story about a young couple just getting married who are visited by a wealthy doctor known to everyone else for her miserly ways, yet in secret a very giving woman. We learn that this woman is attached somehow to the wife, and then we discover that she has been in Africa and loved her father. The film is intriguing with its all black cast(save the doctor and her brother), but ultimately fails as the moment the monster(an ape-like man living in the doctor's office) is revealed destroys any credibility the movie might have had. This monster looks so silly with its black wire hairs(mop-like)hanging over its face which has sunken eyes. It moves around in a pitiful way, and in no way is scary. The film also does not know exactly what it is trying to be. Is it a horror film or a comedy? The ape kills on two occasions with no comedy implied, and then later we see it eat two sandwiches from a scared policeman desperately trying to imitate Mantan Moreland. I also forgot to mention the lovely music sung as the wedded couple spend their honeymoon in their house and are visited by all their "singing" friends and family. The film sports few great moments. It has poor, inferior direction, sets, script, and acting. The best part for me was the woman who played the doctor. She was quite atmospheric in her black dress and her portly figure. That, however, is not enough to recommend this exercise in will...making you sit through it.
- BaronBl00d
- Jul 9, 2001
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- Runtime1 hour 10 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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